BREAKING: Ekiti State’s APC Gov Oyebanji Wins 2nd Term
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early today Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag-bearer and incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election held on Saturday.
INEC announced that the Governor was re-elected after polling 319,224 votes over his closest rivals in the opposition People’s Democratic Party, Olumayokun Oluyede and African Democratic Congress, Dare Bejide, across the state’s 16 local governments.
To the APC Oyebanji’s 319,224 votes, the PDP candidate polled 40,533 votes, and the ADC candidate amassed 12,872 votes.
The Returning Officer for the election, Prof Adenike Oladiji, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure, announced the results in the early hours of today Sunday at the INEC’s headquarters on Iyin Road in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Oladiji said, “Therefore, I, Adenike, am the returning officer for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election…Oyebanji Abiodun Abayomi, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and stands re-elected.”
There are 988,251 registered voters, with 384,940 accredited throughout the state for the Saturday election.
